38. Is it not from the mouth of the Most HighThat woe and well-being proceed?
39. Why should a living man complain,A man for the punishment of his sins?
40. Let us search out and examine our ways,And turn back to the Lord;
41. Let us lift our hearts and handsTo God in heaven.
42. We have transgressed and rebelled;You have not pardoned.
43. You have covered Yourself with angerAnd pursued us;You have slain and not pitied.
44. You have covered Yourself with a cloud,That prayer should not pass through.
45. You have made us an offscouring and refuseIn the midst of the peoples.
46. All our enemiesHave opened their mouths against us.